Law & Policy

China’s top court issues Judicial Interpretation of Anti-Unfair Competition Law

China’s Supreme People's Court on March 16 issued the Judicial Interpretation (JI) of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL) of the People’s Republic of China (《最高人民法院关于适用〈中华人民共和国反不正当竞争法〉若干问题的解释), which came into effect on March 20. The JI consists of 29 articles, including a

Patent examination period further shrunk to 16.5 months: CNIPA 2022 IP high-quality development guidelines

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) on March 21 released the Annual Guidelines for Facilitating High-Quality Development of Intellectual Property 2022 (《推动知识产权高质量发展年度工作指引(2022)》). The CNIPA has published four editions of annual guidelines of its kind since 2019. The first

Weaning patent and trademark applications off subsidies: China's State Council

China’s State Council on January 27 published the Notice on the Plan to Modernize Market Regulation during the 14th Five-Year Plan Period (《国务院关于印发“十四五”市场监管现代化规划的通知》). The notice officially announces the cancellation of government funding for patent and trademark application fili

China’s CPPCC delegates submit IP-related proposals at Two Sessions

China’s annual plenary sessions, “Two Sessions,” of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) ended on March 11 and 10 respectively.

SPC’s 4 administrative patent cases related to medicines included in UN case law database

​China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) on March 10 announced that four administrative cases the top court issued rulings related to medicines in 2019 and 2020 had been selected to be included in the United Nations’ Case Law Database Intellectual Property and Public Health on its o